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Toyota EV laps Nürburgring in 7 minutes, 22.3 seconds

October 1, 2012

The Toyota EV P002 clocked a time of 7 minutes, 22 seconds on the Nurburgring.

The Toyota EV P002 made its debut this year at the postponedPike's Peak International Hill Climb, where it used its 42 kilowatt-hour lithium-ceramic battery to clock a time of 10 minutes,15.380 seconds with Fumio Nutahara behind the wheel.

If that wasn't impressive enough, the team just hit the Nürburgring and checked in at 7 minutes, 22.329 seconds, a new lap record for electric cars. Driver Jochen Krumbach took on the 13-mile course and beat the previous record—held by Toyota's EV P001—by about 25 seconds.

The EV P002 uses its battery and two electric motors to pump out 469 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque. That's plenty of twist for exiting turns, but the EV must lose a little in the straights with a top speed of only 160 mph. That makes this run even more impressive.

There's no video yet—besides the one below of the car getting ready for Pike's Peak—but we assume it will be flying through our email inboxes within a few days. And that makes sense, because in this day and age, if it's not on YouTube it didn't happen.